Warning: spoilers are ahead for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, available streaming with a Netflix subscription.
The main saga of Stranger Things ended to close out last year, but debate about what happened in the series finale is continuing into the 2026 TV schedule. In fact, some of that debate between fans concerns a theory known as “Conformity Gate,” which posits that there’s a secret extra episode coming on January 7 that the Duffer Brothers planned all along to address some inconsistencies and continuity issues. Now, I don’t personally buy into the Conformity Gate theory, but that doesn’t mean I don’t agree about some of the details that have fans on social media buzzing.
